The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-18

posed their prescription. L ordered
thsm TO dress my head, to set my leg
and arm, to rub me with some specific
oils proper for bruises, and without any
other remedies / was soon cured, TO the
great establishment of the physicians
and all who knew me.
He argued that simple and frugal
diet, like that which he practiced, had
the happy advantage of being easily
adapted to rich and poor; but his dis
position of the mendicant is rather
amusing:
"A poor old man, If he have no
means to buy meats, could easily live
well on bread, broth and eggs, and
there is no man, howsoever poor he
NAV be. that can stand in need of these,
unless they are downright beggars, OF
whom / do not pretend 10 say any
thing. The reason of these being so
miserable in their old age is because
they were idle and lazy when young,
and it is better for them to die than to
live, for they are burden to the
world"
Another excellent habit of Cornaro's
was that of making himself useful to
his neighbors and the public. He says:
81 walk out in my gardens, along my
walks and canals, where L always meet
with some little thing or other to do,
which at the same time employs and
diverts me. / sometimes divert myself
with a sport that agrees with me at
nv age, namely, in going out with
a setting dog or with terriers. Some
times | walk to my villa. whose
streets terminate at large square.
Through this villa runs a river, and
the country is enriched with fruitful
and well cultivated fields. This was
not so anciently. 1t was marshy
place, more proper for frogs than for
men to dwell. | thought il advisable
to drain the land; so the air became
more wholesome. Several families
have settled there and rendered the
place very populous, where, L may say,
that / have dedicated TO the Lord
church, affairs and hearts 10 worship
Him, which reflection is great COM
fort to me. Sometimes / pay visits to
friends in neighboring towns. who
procure me an acquaintance with the
ingenious men of the place. L dis
course with them about architecture,
painting, sculpture, mathematics and
agriculture. | visit public buildings.
palaces, gardens, antiquities, churches
and Notifications. When | am willing
to be alone, | read good books and
sometimes fall a writing, seeking
ALWAYS an occasion of being useful to
the public" In his eighty-third year,
so sprightly was his mind and gay his
humor, that he composed a comedy for
the stage. which. he SAYS, Twas divert
ing, without shocking the audience"
The retention of all his powers to the
last was certainly remarkable. In his
ninetv-lifth wear he records that he was
healthful and brisk, slept well, relishec
all he ate and hat none OF his senses
: had failed; ,hat he had still a lively
, | fancy, happy memory and sound
Judgment; tHat his voice was more
tuneful than ever, so that he could
, chant forth mis- morning office more
; easily than in his youth. He delighted
in children. Il meet not on V witt
: two or three, but eleven grandchildren
the eldest of which is eighteen and thu
, ! Youngest two wears old, all born OF thu
l same father and mother, all healthful
, of good parts and promising hopes
take delight in playing with tn
Youngsters and often make them sin,
u and play upon musical instruments
and sometimes join in concert will
i, them"
u Though he lived so much longe
:, than the generally allotted years o
: man, he knew that the springs of lift
= must sometime cease to flow. HI
u u looked forward to his end as an even
u through which he would pass withou
" pain, and he was not disappointed
I, His granddaughter relates that, feelin
y that his last hours were approaching
: he disposed himself to leave this Inf
} with the piety of Christian and tn
Z courage of philosopher. He mad
Is his will and set all his affairs in ordel
II !, after which he received the last sacr;
= ment and expected death in an elboN
= chair In short it may be said that
u being in good health. having also hi
:, mind and eye very brisk, little fain
(" inc fit took him, which was instead {
! an agony. and made him fetch his la
breath.
> AS sometimes we have seen a wal
- dering cloud of mist dissolve away int
: the clear ether of the upper skies, s
: !. the life of this genial, happy old ma
:, faded gently and peacefully away I'M
:, another life,
Is "Unmeasured by the fight OF years"
- He died at Padua on the Goth
April, 1866. and was buried in ii
~ Church of St Anthony on the 9th
~ May following. His wife survived hi
~ for some years, reaching to good o
q age, and her death at last was so ira
10 quill that, as the nun records ii: Isl
: left this life without being perceived
y, Boston Transcript.
20 Enormous Mortality in India.